The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-05

own peculiar law, it cannot BE-
maintaine3 in The civil courts where
no such law obtains We are will
ing to abide the result Of an investi
CATION based upon the following
statement by The Advocate:
It is not claiming too much for Mr..
Martin to say he knew what he in
tended, and neither the church nor
they who oppose its claims should
wish to divert dead mans property
from the purpose upon which in lite he
bestowed it. The dead have some rights
which the living are bound to eepect.
That is exactly true and just.
Living men are here to swea, what
Mr.. Martins purpose was, and the
church us trying 10 seize it over
their testimony. L. seeks ito di-
vert dead mans property from the
purpose upon which in life he be-
slowed it"
And now having said this much,
perhaps too strongly, We desire to
say tibet in our opinion, in q quail
fed sense, the school is Method
ist school TO the extent that it is
commended to the fostering care Of
the conference The CITIZEN has
sought earnestly to preserve that
good feeling that has heretofore ex-
listed. The danger TO be apprc
Gended is that the Methodist PEG
pie outside of Pulaski may conclude
That the trustees are rcbelious and
they may turn against the college
and seek To damage it, when tht
act is the trustees have nevei
opened their mouths to the public
and the assault all comes from one
side. They have never sought 20
wjthdraw from the fostering care Of,
The conference and they earnestly
desire TO maintain that relation
ship. They are convinced, howev
er, that the conference has no right
TO control it and own it, and If il
comes to the point they will defeHd
their rights. The church Is the eg
gres5or. The trustees steadily de
Glued TO make a statement when
sought so to 10 by THE CITIZEN
and they begged The CITIZEN nor
To do SO, They want no fight with
the church. They are every single
one oftnem, except one, McthodIst-
and they are as devoted to the
church and as jealous Of its rights
and powers as any other Method
lists. They are sustained by unani
nous voice Of their brethren and OF
the people and they can feel tina. ii
Martin College is leveled and the
Methodist church is Pulaski IS rent
asunder, they will not be the az
gress0rs and will be at no fault
The claim of the conference wae
based originally on Rev. j. p. Nc
Ferrin's statement. He was pastor
Of the church in Pulaski when Mr..
Martin died and he wrote q card
recently declaring that Mr.. Martin
Told him in his last illness that he
desired to establish q Methods;
school. That Mr.. McFerrin is wrong
in his recollection Of what transpir-
ed twenty years ago is evident Crou
his own action at that time, II,
presided at the first meeting Of the
church officers and helped to start
the college upon its alleged illegal
career and his own signature made
when The matter was fresh in mind
is witness against higa to-day.
Besides That, he IS opposed by 9TH
ers who had equal or better chanus
TO know his purposo-lAwyers cali
ed in specially to hear and give ex-
preston TO his purpose. Now
when the conference is met with
heir testimony it abandons Mr.
McFerrin and says these men can
not he heard in court-thc will
must be con strued on it's face. We
append some of their statement
that The people may see what Mr.,
Martin s purpose was and that il
The conference does get the proper
tY by wrongful Interpretation OF
the will, it gets what does not in
Conscience and morals belong to it:
MAI J. B. sTACY's STATEMENT.
To all whom 1t may concern:
TINS - to certify that l was init
ma'ciy acquainted with Thomas
Martin in the last twenty or tween
| ty-Gye years of his life, and pos
,ssed his confidence to some ex-
tent. Was frequently with him
during the latter part of his life,
and at bis suggestion a short time
before his death made some aItera
lions in his last will and testament
the original of which had been
drawn by Judge Tho5. ii. Jones
Ny recollection is there was nc
change in the items ia said will
relative to the bequest made by
him for the purpose of establishing
Il female school in the town Of Pu-
iaski, but my recollection is thai
but few days before his death ht
called J. b. Childers, b. w. Mason
! (now dead( and myself IN his room
md discussed this particular mat
yer with Us and seemed anxious tC
impress upon our minds that tits
school should not be sectarian il
It's tendency, but was to be for the
benefit Of the children of the con-
munity in which be had spent tht
better part of his life.
MR.. NEWTON WHITES STATEMENT.
had several yersations witt
Mr. Thomas Martin, during the las
years of his life, in reference to Tho
esta blishment of @ female school il
Pulaski. On every occasion he de-
clared most emphatically that i
was not his intention to make thC
school which he proposed to endov
!, UNCONVENTIONAL or sectarian. Hi:
object in placing the beQuest in th,
control OF the Methodist Episcopa
| Church, South, located in Pulaski
was to place it in the care and trus
of body Of men in whom be coult
cOnfde, and who would be succeed
I'd by others whom he could trust
On one occasion | told him he hat
done well for the girls of the coun.
ty, and suggested ! would be gla(
for him TO give al e4ua, amount t
Giles College for the education Q
our boys. He replied: | woult